The principal aim of Sainik Schools is act as a feeder to Defence. Therefore the standard of the schools depend a lot upon the change of perspective towards Defence itself, over the years.
To uplift the standard of the schools I think two pronged strategy should be adopted. Sixth pay commission be revived to make the Defence more lucrative career. Secondly, the aim of the sainik schools be diversified. It should also focus upon producing students for other higher educational institutions like IITs etc. This need was felt way back in 1990s by our then Principal Cdr. S J Singh sir and we established a tradition of sending for instance three students from Vindhya House to IIT etc. This approach would further instil a sense of INTEREST in sainik schools and things should improve.
